Case Law Details
Indira Industries Vs. Pr. CIT (Madras High Court)
When a notice under Section 263 raises new issues, which are not subject matter of the re-assessment proceedings, then the two year period contemplated under Sub-section (2) of Section 263 would begin to run from the date of assessment and not from the date of re-assessment. In other words, the ratio laid down in Alagendran Finance case, particularly as elucidated in Paragraph 15 of the Alagendran Finance case, is to the effect that the two year limitation period stipulated under Section 263(2) will run from the date of assessment only and not from the date of reassessment when the Section 263 notice does not deal with the same subject as in assessment and when it deals with other issues which are not subject matter of reassessment proceedings.
FULL TEXT OF THE HIGH COURT ORDER / JUDGMENT
This intra-court appeal is directed against an order dated 28.08.2017, wherein and whereby a learned single Judge of this Court had dismissed a writ petition in which a notice dated 16.08.2017, issued by the Commissioner of Income Tax, under Section 263 of Income Tax Act, 1961, was assailed. To be noted, order of the learned single Judge is a common order in two writ petitions, but this judgment deals with the order in W.P.No.22978 of 2017 alone.
2. A thumbnail sketch of facts essential for effective understanding of this order are set out infra under the caption “Factual Matrix”.
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